Federick Ngo

Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education,

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Federick Ngo is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was previously a Provost’s Fellow in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California and a research analyst with SRI International. His research examines the impact of higher education policies and practices, with a focus on college access and community college students; he has active research projects on developmental education reform, undocumented students, and community college leadership and practice. He has published widely in journals such as Educational Researcher, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, The Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, and Community College Review. Ngo received his PhD in education policy from the University of Southern California.

updated 2024

Contributing topics

College access & postsecondary success

Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes

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